Napoleonic Era (French Rev) Flashcards
What was the battle where Napoleon was defeated?
The battle of Waterloo
Why did Prince Metternich and other parties meet at the Congress of Vienna?
The great powers want to ensure that no nation should ever dominate Europe again
What did Napoleon decide to destroy and create instead?
He abolished the Holy Roman Empire and created the Confederacy of the Rhine
What is the other name for the Civil Code of 1804 and why are they created?
The napoleonic code which provided the framework for the French legal system. Created a single unitary legal system
What are the two political parties of the Directory?
Council of Ancients and Council of Five Hundred
Austria and Prussia will intervene to assist in counter rev
Declaration of Pillnitz
Austria and Prussia issue warnings not to hurt the royal family
Brunswick manifesto
Meeting to discuss tax reform and other financial mismanagement and no taxation on nobility
Assembly of notables
Could voluntary gifts
First estate
Exempt from taxes
Second estate
The bourgeois, Abbé Siyess, peasantry 90%
Third estate
Dispute emerges over minimal third estate representation
Estates general
Third estate declared themselves the representative body of France and create the Tennis Court Oath
National Assembly
Angry crowds fire upon and overrun Bastille searching for munitions
Storming the Bastille
“Men are born free and remain free and equal in rights”
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen